Services for researchers

PRIMIS provides a unique opportunity for researchers to consider how primary care data could be used to enhance their research in any healthcare setting at the earliest stage of developing a research proposal.

PRIMIS use a data extraction method, MIQUEST, which can be used across all GP clinical information systems ensuring standardisation of data collection and analysis.

PRIMIS can offer researchers advice and support in a number of areas:

Consultancy and advice		Expert training		Information services
What data is held on GP clinical information systems Is the primary care data required for the research accessible/available? What codes should be used to define primary care data searches? What will the extracted data look like? Are there any known or potential data quality issues associated with the required data? Could primary care data enhance research by providing an extra dimension to a research methodology? Find out more		Understanding Primary Care Data Quality Data, Quality Outcomes (data quality and the GP health record) Quality Coding: Read Version 2 (RV2) and Clinical Terms Version 3 (CTV3) An Introduction to MIQUEST Query Writing Data Extraction and Analysis Using CHART and CHART Online (specialised software used to extract primary care data, and provide views at a local or central level) Find out more		Assist with, or write, specifications to detail the data to be extracted using appropriate clinical codes Provide a proven method to assist data extraction at a practice level (CHART) Provide a proven method to securely transmit data to a central point for further analysis (CHART Online) Provide queries to interrogate GP supplier systems, or provide a service to collect data Provide a validation service for data extraction criteria, methods and output Find out more